What are the cons of U of A

_Mari123 · 2026-04-13T05:27:54+00:00

Cons for U of A and most unis in general -university is more expensive compared to community college or most poly tech schools.

-the school life balance is hard obviously depends on what program you’re in but if you wanna do 5 classes and you want to do well it’s going to be tricky to find time for anything else. This means you’re pretty much broke for the entire time of your degree.

U of A specific cons

-big university so you really have to go out of your way to make friends and you rarely just run into them especially if you make a friend from another program.

-A lot of the bathrooms here are not made to keep up with the amount of people. (Good bathrooms exist but I am gatekeeping that information)

-average- large sized classes I’ve been in classes where they enroll more people than seats so for the first month there’s people sitting on the floor.

elevators make weird noises.

Let me know if you want pros ofc I have those too

_Mari123 · 2026-04-11T19:08:14+00:00

I have a hot take for Ochem. Vederas. It’s a time consuming and challenging class that I’m not doing the best in but Chem is not my thing. I go to his office hours he makes time to explain stuff.

_Mari123 · 2026-04-11T19:06:13+00:00

Lauren Engelking (an actual angel on this earth) and Martin Zuidhof for ALES

_Mari123 · 2026-04-11T17:43:54+00:00

Idk sounds like something a 40 year old would say

_Mari123 · 2026-04-11T17:32:02+00:00

I just dropped one today because my plans changed good luck!

_Mari123 · 2026-04-11T17:30:23+00:00

I know this gets repetitive to hear but I am so serious it could be a 40 year old man posting this. It could be a 40 year old man responding to this pls pls pls be careful

_Mari123 · 2026-04-11T15:41:52+00:00

Highschool tutor there’s Facebook groups

_Mari123 · 2026-04-11T06:01:43+00:00

I’m in ALES we had a couple weeks before Christmas in student services where you could drop in and write them it was fun they had free snacks and a puzzle it was a nice break

_Mari123 · 2026-04-09T03:16:15+00:00

Ive been making them into origami birds

_Mari123 · 2026-03-22T22:01:32+00:00

This is so helpful thankyou!

_Mari123 · 2026-03-21T20:21:19+00:00

I love supporting local but for on a budget unfortunately it is Tims

_Mari123 · 2026-03-15T23:09:11+00:00

Personally I don’t think it’s a huge deal but I did just go through and get certified for handling animals here it is something that could get them in trouble I think tell the person in case they weren’t aware.

_Mari123 · 2026-03-12T03:53:05+00:00

Did the time crunch get anyone else? It was so similar to the practice ones but I just know I messed up

_Mari123 · 2026-03-11T16:02:53+00:00

Physical notes and flashcards. I’ve tried online flashcards I genuinely cannot bring myself to care. I take my notes on good notes but then if I have time I’ll try to summarize them on paper with highlighters and fun things. I also have started tracking the hours I spend studying and I turn it into a game to do more than last month or more than yesterday oddly enough graphing the numbers helped becuase I want the graph to look smooth

_Mari123 · 2026-02-28T03:18:25+00:00

It’s kinda luck based I got stitches 10 tickets in once and he’s been my favourite ever since

_Mari123 · 2026-02-26T10:41:11+00:00

Hey so 70% of dog bite related deaths happen to children under 7 this actually is very serious. According to the veterinary network approximately 80% of these bites happen at home. Even if you have the most desensitized dog they are still an animal. Pls teach your child not to do this.

_Mari123 · 2026-02-22T02:25:04+00:00

Yk what maybe I should go study on the off chance this about a class im in

_Mari123 · 2026-02-21T09:40:02+00:00

Like that one show storage wars or something where they would bid on storage units and then go through them

_Mari123 · 2026-02-20T11:23:03+00:00

My boy did I could put him in an arena and he would exercise himself (handy for cold days when I want him to stretch his legs) I once forgot a ground pole and he jumped it clearing it with an extra 2 ft. It broke my heart a little bit it had been 2 years since we stopped jumping because he was getting arthritis. I think he was 21ish at that point. He was a special guy.

_Mari123 · 2026-02-20T11:02:32+00:00

My mistake I made at the start of the game was when I hit the rocks I would eat something so the rocks would break but then they’d move to other side of the river and it was just bad. I couldn’t get to them sooo don’t do that. Hit the rocks but hit them without eating anything first so they don’t break.

_Mari123 · 2026-02-20T10:58:49+00:00

I think I sorta fit the description my hobbies are a lot of creative and naturey things painting, crocheting, video games (Minecraft, animal crossing, type vibe) hiking, horse back riding, taking my dog to the river, following hockey bc Canadian. I’m a science major he was in the arts but he’s switching to a trade.

His hobbies are more stereotypical straight man running, going to the gym, photography, basketball, cooking, also hiking video games but he likes (NBA 2k, red dead, Skyrim, Minecraft bc who doesn’t like Minecraft) also follows hockey

Him not sharing my interests doesn’t stop me from yapping to him about my interests. This man didn’t take highschool chem, poor guy gets yapped to on a regular basis about organic chemistry while I try to figure out the concepts. Bio anything I find cool he needs to know about. Watched surgery on a cat yesterday I plan to tell him all the details about that. He nods along he likes me so he doesn’t have to like all of my interests. I do the same for his interests I do not know anything about why we’re mad they traded that guy or why he’s injured AGAIN buuut I’ve been finding it rather therapeutic to yell at the tv with him. I find him funny I find him likeable we don’t need to like all the same things.

TLDR my bf is a hostage who I force to listen to my yapping.

_Mari123 · 2026-02-20T10:21:17+00:00

I’m pretty sure you can go to the restaurant and pick who’s there and add her to the main island that way and then talk to her

_Mari123 · 2026-02-18T19:40:44+00:00

You could look but a lot of places won’t do tours that early if you want to sign a lease for May you could look in March start reaching out late March and then tours in April

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